T. Kelly Mason and Diana Thater, is still on view. (Open Wednesdays, Thursdays, and weekends, 11 to 6, and Fridays, 1 to 9.) AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Central Park W. at 79th St. (212-769-5100)-"Dar- win" traces the discoveries and influence of the great naturalist (1809-82) with, among other things, a re- creation of his study, samples of fossils he collected, and live specimens of tortoises, frogs, and iguanas like those that he encountered in the Galápagos Is- lands. Through Aug. 20. . "The Butterfly Conserva- tory." Through June 23. (Open daily, 10 to 5:45.) COOPER-HEWITT NATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM Fifth Ave. at 91st St. (212-849-8300)-J. Alfred Pru- frock measured out his life in coffee spoons. Others may have used muddlers, ladles, scoops, skimmers, oyster forks, sugar tongs, grape scissors, com-kernel rakes, or silver ice-cream hatchets-all of which are displayed in "Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005." Seventeenth-century knife- and-fork sets in personal carrying cases of tooled leather; airline flatware with mod, rounded corners; and a plastic "spoon-o-brush" that can be used for both eating and tooth-cleaning are also on hand. Ma- terials range from sharkskin to Bakelite, and there's a video of silverware being cast in a delicate forge. Through Oct. 29. ( Open Tuesdays through Thurs- days, 10 to 5, Fridays, 10 to 9, Saturdays, 10 to 6, and Sundays, noon to 6.) DRAWING CENTER 35 Wooster St. (212-219-2166)-"Eva Hesse: Draw- ing." Through July 15. (Open Tuesdays through Fri- days, 10 to 6, and Saturdays, 11 to 6.) JEWISH MUSEUM Fifth Ave. at 92nd St. (212-423-3200)- Two great shows about five miles apart-"Eva Hesse: Sculp- ture" uptown, "Eva Hesse: Drawing" downtown- add up to an overdue New York retrospective for the lyrical post-minimalist, who died in 1970. At the Jewish Museum, works in fibreglass, latex, and other then-innovative materials evoke a moment, in the late sixties, when "white cube" gallery space became the test chamber for a revolution in aesthetics. A section of documents, photos, and films movingly explores Hesse's short, hard, luminous life, begun in a family that barely escaped the Holocaust. Through Sept. 17. (Open Sundays through Wednesdays, 11 to 5:45, Thursdays, 11 to 9, and Fridays, 11 to 3. For the du- ration of the Hesse show, the museum will also be open on Saturdays, from 11 to 5:45, with no charge for admission.) MORGAN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 225 Madison Ave., at 36th St. (212-685-0008)- The midtown oasis has reopened after almost three years of renovation and a Renzo Piano expansion. It marks the occasion with "Masterworks from the Morgan," a selection of manuscripts, drawings, books, and seals from the collections. Manuscripts in the Brontë siblings' tiny handwriting, a libretto of "Aida" annotated by Verdi, and Picasso's pen- and-ink portrait of Marie- Thérèse Walter are among the items on display. ( Open Tuesdays through Thurs- days, 10:30 to 5, Fridays, 10:30 to 9, Saturdays, 10 to 6, and Sundays, 11 to 6.) P.S. 1 CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER 22-25 Jackson Ave., at 46th Ave., Long Island City (718-784-2084)-"John Lurie: Works on Paper." Lu- rie's faux-Art Brut watercolors in saturated, acid hues function almost like single-panel cartoons, with cap- tions added at the bottom. Their success naturally depends on one's appreciation of his comic sensibil- ities, which mirror the dry hipster absurdism of the filmmaker Jim Jannusch (Lurie appeared in his early films "Stranger Than Paradise" and "Down by Law") or dissociative, language-poet-style texts. "I was a coyote. Then I died. Then I came back as a coyote" or "It's your turn to feed the bird" are exemplary. 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